What I didn't get was that I was reading the "lean your body more" statement as advocating a much more extreme body position than was actually meant. My mistake. Like I said, it's something that I do when cornering hard. I don't know whether or not it's faster - I'll just have to take your word for it - but I do know that it makes me feel better. When I needed to improve my cornering, I worked on getting my weight off the saddle (outside pedal really helps here, though it isn't strictly necessary) and getting back and low.

I think about theory and do lots of thought experiments. It's how I work. I'm not claiming to be some kind of cornering maven. I'm maybe a bit better than mediocre, myself, in the context of a race, just fine otherwise. I'm sorry for stepping on any toes. There's a low signal-to-noise ratio in threads on cornering advice, and I'd prefer not to be the noise. I'd also prefer that others not be making the noise, and I try to call out the crap that seems obvious to li'l ol me. I made a mistake.Yow.

EDIT: it's "grolby," by the way, all lowercase . And skinny, now I don't know what you're getting at at all.